Miami Heat vs Portland Trail Blazers Prediction: bet on the victory of the Heat

Prediction for the NBA match which will take place on January 22. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Miami Heat

The Heat at the beginning of 2025 had a difficult away stretch, but now they will play their third consecutive game at home. This series started badly for Erik Spoelstra's team - a crushing defeat to Denver 113:133. But in the second meeting Miami rehabilitated, confidently defeating tough San Antonio 128:107. The Heat's rookie centre Kelel Ware, who scored 25 points, performed well in this game. Duncan Robinson scored 21 points, Terry Rozier - 20.

In general, we should admit that Miami has a pretty good squad without Jimi Butler, and this is confirmed by the tournament position of the team from Florida. At the moment, the Heat are in eighth place in the Eastern Conference with a 21-20 record, but they are only 0.5 wins behind the top-6.

Portland Trail Blazers

The Trail Blazers played the last five games at home and were able to win, in fact, only at the fifth attempt. In the very last game before travelling to Miami, the team coped with Chicago (113:102). Before that, Portland alternately lost to the same Heat, Brooklyn (114:132), Los Angeles Clippers (89:118) and Houston (103:125).

In the stretch of the last 11 matches, Portland has eight losses. The team from Oregon has already seemingly given up on tournament contention, is in 13th place in the Western Conference with a 14-28 balance and doesn't mind going lower. The soon-to-be Trail Blazers, for example, will surely pass New Orleans, which is finally on a roll.

H2H Meetings

Miami beat Portland in the first game of the season series and twice coped with the Trail Blazers in the past championship.

Expert Betting Tips

Without Jimi Butler Miami shows quality basketball, steadily picking up wins and keeping pace with the Eastern Conference playoff zone. We believe that the Heat will improve their performance in a meeting with the West outsider Portland, beating the Trail Blazers for the fourth time in a row. Let's bet on Miami and on the traditional for face-to-face meetings between the rivals in recent seasons, the total under scored.

Also, let's take here total under fouls of Portland. Miami's opponents have not reached the mark of 19 personal fouls in seven previous games, and the Trail Blazers themselves have not fouled that many in 7 of the last 10 games.

Total Under 221.5 for 1.91 

Total Under 221.5 for 1.87

Total Under 226.5 for 1.53